Fantastique! Le Tour de France vient à Hackney

THE TOUR de France will pass through Hackney this year. Competitors will nip along Ruckholt Road, Eastway and Waterden Road in Hackney Wick then through the Olympic Park Stratford E20 2ST before continuing towards central London for the final sprint in The Mall.

The 159km third stage will start in Cambridgeshire, passing through Essex, Walthamstow, Hackney and Newham, before ending in central London on Monday 7 July 2014.

The cyclists shown above waiting for the scramble through a busy Dalston junction (some dressed in yellow, ho-ho) might think they already see enough race drama. And some people might say “Young guys on drugs pedalling around Hackney – what’s new?”

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